Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Making a punch die?

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>Yes, and I had the same problem with the punch press, too.
>I now have a small finger brake, and I can make fairly simple
>boxes by milling EVERYTHING first, then folding. (There is an
>art to this kind of design, figuring out what order to make the
>folds in, so that one fold doesn't prevent you from getting it
>into the brake for the next fold!)

There sure is! I haven't made project boxes since college, but
seem to remember we drilled small holes at the corners of the
'fold lines' .. this was in the flat sheet, before cutting
out the waste.
When folded, there was no 'puckering' of the material
in the corners.

Guess this is all off-topic, but interesting. :)

Ron Yost